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Brotherton Collection13
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english poetry2
agincourt, battle of, agincourt, france, 14151
ethics, ancient1
etiquette1
jacobite rebellion, 1745-17461
monarchy, british1
political poetry, english1
tea1
women1

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Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)2
Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C1
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)1
Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)1
Butler, Samuel (1612-1680)1
Cicero, Marcus Tullius1
Courtin, Antoine De (1622-1685)1
Curtius Rufus, Quintus1
Drayton, Michael1
Drayton, Michael (1563-1631)1

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Panacea : a poem upon tea: in two canto's

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1700

First edition. Signatures: A-C⁸ D⁴.

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A pastoral dialogue : A poem

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1691

Anonymous. By Nahum Tate. In verse. The first leaf is blank.

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The sequel of Arms and the man: a new historical ballad

1746

Anon. "Arms and the man: a new ballad", 1746, Foxon A292, was a satire on both sides of the Jacobite rebellion.

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Tully's Offices : in three books

Cicero, Marcus Tullius; L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)

1680

Pagination slightly irregular. Head pieces, initials. Page [16] blank. First edition. Page 202 misnumbered 222; p. 206 numbered 207; p. 207 numbered 206. Signatures: A-O8.

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The rules of civility; or, The maxims of genteel behaviour : as they are practis'd and observ'd by persons of quality, upon several occasions

Courtin, Antoine de (1622-1685)

1703

Anon., by Antoine de Courtin. "A short treatise of the point of honour" is a translation from Courtin's "Suite de la civilité fran{250}coise", chap. 6, 1675. Signatures: A6, B-M12, N6 (final leaf...

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A collection of all the dialogues written by Mr. Thomas Brown: one of them entituled, Democratici Vapulantes, being a dialogue between Julian, and others, was never before printed. To which are added, his translations and imitations of several odes of Horace, of Martial's epigrams, &c

Brown, Thomas (1663-1704)

1704

Pages 71-94, 199-201, 257-266, 313-315, and 351-352, carrying the prefaces to the Dialogues 2-6 respectively, are numbered in Roman. Page 351 is wrongly numbered cccxlix, and there are other irregul...

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The battaile of Agincourt : Fought by Henry the fift of that name, King of England, against the whole power of the French: under the raigne of their Charles the sixt, Anno Dom, 1415; The miseries of Queene Margarite, the infortunate wife, of that most infortunate King Henry the sixt; Nimphidia, the Court of Fayrie; The quest of Cinthia; The shepheards sirena; The moone-calfe; Elegies upon sundry occasions

Drayton, Michael (1563-1631); Matthewes, Augustine; Lee, William; Drayton, Michael (1563-1631); Drayton, Michael (1563-1631); Drayton, Michael (1563-1631); Drayton, Michael (1563-1631); Drayton, Michael (1563-1631); Drayton, Michael (1563-1631)

1627

Signatures: A⁴(A2+a)² B⁶ C-2E⁴. Printer's name from STC. Final leaf is blank. In verse. At least three booksellers with the name William Lee (or "Ley") were active at this time in Londo...

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Hudibras

Butler, Samuel (1612-1680)

1674

A2 of the signatures is lined up under the words "for" and "punk" of the last line of p. 1. By Samuel Butler. Signatures: A-Z8 Aa-Cc8. Part 2 has a separate title page, but signatures and pagina...

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Chorus poetarum, or, Poems on several occasions

Gildon, Charles (1665-1724)

1694

First edition. Dedication signed: Charles Gildon. Also published, 1696, under title: Poems on several occasions by the Duke of Buckingham... [etc.] and, 1698, under title: The poetical remains of ...

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Æsop at Amsterdam, balancing the Æsops at Tunbridg, Bathe, Whitehal, &c

Ludlow Redivivus

1698

"Eleven fables in verse, ridiculing monarchical government" -- BLC, v. 202, p. 197. Possibly a fictitious imprint. Pages 25-39 misnumbered 17-31.

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Fifty comedies and tragedies
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Fifty comedies and tragedies

Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616); Fletcher, John (1579-1625)

1679

New edition. Portrait of Fletcher, by Marshall. Many errors in pagination. The following pages are wrongly numbered as indicated in round brackets: 138 [Sig. T1] (130), 143 [Sig. T4] (135), 15 (13...

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A discourse of women, shewing their imperfections alphabetically. Newly translated out of the French into English

Olivier, Jacques

1662

Errors in pagination: 84 (for 48), 182 (194), 179 (195), 178 (198), 191 (199), 190 (202), 187 (203). Signatures: two unsigned leaves, B-N8, O6. The title leaf and epistle dedicatory are probably O8 ...

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